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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ternium S.A.
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		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES  ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312]
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		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			N4
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		STREET 1:		46A, AVENUE JOHN F. KENNEDY 2ND FLOOR
		CITY:			LUXEMBOURG
		STATE:			N4
		ZIP:			L-1855
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(352) 4661-11-3815

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		CITY:			LUXEMBOURG
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<DESCRIPTION>TERNIUM AND NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION SIGN DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO ESTABLISH A JOINT VENTURE IN MEXICO
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</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" face="Times New Roman,serif">46a, Avenue John F. Kennedy &#150; 2nd floor </FONT></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman,serif">The attached material is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 13a-16 and Form 6-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-US face="Times New Roman,serif">This report contains Ternium S.A.&#146;s press release informing Ternium and Nippon Steel Corporation sign definitive agreements to establish a joint venture in Mexico.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman,serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</FONT></P>
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     <TD width="50%"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman,serif">By: </FONT><U><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman,serif">/s/ Daniel Novegil</FONT></U></TD></TR>
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     <TD width="50%">Name: Daniel Novegil</TD></TR>
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     <TD width="50%"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" lang=EN-US color=black face="Times New Roman,serif">Title: Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=TradeGothic>Ternium - Investor Relations</FONT></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 8pt 0in 0in"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" face=TradeGothic color=#ff3300>Ternium and Nippon Steel Corporation Sign Definitive Agreement to Establish a Joint Venture in Mexico</FONT></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" face="Sabon MT,serif" color=black>Luxembourg, October 4, 2010 &#150; Ternium S.A. (NYSE: TX) and Nippon Steel Corporation announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture in Mexico for the manufacturing and sale of hot-dip galvanized and galvannealed steel sheets to serve the Mexican automobile market.&nbsp; The joint venture will operate under the name of Tenigal SRL de CV (Tenigal). Ternium and Nippon Steel will hold 51% and 49% participations in Tenigal, respectively.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" face="Sabon MT,serif" color=black>Tenigal plans to build a hot-dip galvanizing plant in the vicinity of Monterrey City (equivalent to the state-of-the-art equipment now in operation at Nippon Steel&#146;s steelworks in Japan) with a production capacity of 400,000 metric tons per year.&nbsp; Construction of the facility would require a total investment of approximately US$350 million. The plant is expected to commence production of high-grade and high-quality galvanized and galvannealed automotive steel sheets, including outer-panel and high-strength qualities, in 2013.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" face="Sabon MT,serif" color=black>The Mexican automobile market is a growing and important market for both Nippon Steel and Ternium, and continued growth is anticipated in the future.&nbsp; Tenigal is expected to serve the demanding requirements of the automotive industry in Mexico, including those of the Japanese car makers.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.5pt" face="Sabon MT,serif" color=black>Some of the statements contained in this press release are &#147;forward-looking statements&#148;.&nbsp; Forward-looking statements are based on management&#146;s current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by those statements.&nbsp; These risks include but are not limited to risks arising from uncertainties as to gross domestic product, related market demand, global production capacity, tariffs, cyclicality in the industries that purchase steel products and other factors beyond Ternium&#146;s control.</FONT></I></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=TradeGothic color=black>About Nippon Steel</FONT></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=justify><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" face="Sabon MT,serif" color=black>Nippon Steel, with its consolidated annual crude steel production of 40 million metric tons, is one of the leading steelmakers in the world. &nbsp;By virtue of its technical expertise of the world&#146;s highest level, which keeps on advancing day by day, and deployment of global and domestic strategic alliances, the company holds an unchallenged position in the global market of high-end steel products. More information about Nippon Steel is available at <U>http://www.nsc.co.jp/en/index.html</U>.</FONT></P>
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